The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-10-12

man of the crowd. and he would weigh
Judge, go pounds. He has big head %"
lie shoulders. and is full Of life and loihty.
The two newspaper men who accompanied
the presidential party are among the Oldest
Of the Washington correspondents VT.
Bjekford has been for years with the AS~o
ciafed Press and he is the correspondent vino
has charge Of It's news in the United States
senate Bickford is tall. thin and refined
looking He has gray hair and mu-iache,
aud he is a man Of considerable culture and
an able writer The other newspaper man l.
Mr. p v De Graw, who IS the manager oi inc
United Press at Washington.
see that William T. Crump, who was Gar
fields steward. is very sick in one Of the little
villages near Washington. Crump ruined
hi. health in taking care OF Garfield. and he
Government cut down his hii, for extra ser
vice, rendered from 5000 70 $500 He told
me today that he was beside Garfield LAY and
night during bis last illness, and that he hurt
hI. back in lifting the president He had 70
lsv of work on account OF his iil health, and
since then he has mad 10 wear a wide band
around bis abdomen and bas NOT been able 10
bend over and pick up anything His shoes
svs,am is such that the least excitement
brings on q A. Of sickness. He received
81 500 year a. steward and he served under
HAYES and Garfield He told me once he did
not ike Arthur becsuse he sat AZ the table
rim l2and O'Clock Of a night, and if took the
servant. tin daylight to get the dishes
washed During Garfield administration
he kept notes - al the prominent
rsople vino came 20 the White House and
ne mas the bills Of fare Of every dinner which
occurred during his administration doubt
not he IL sorry he over entered the nie
House Few Il the mel connected with Gar
fields 81 kness made ANYTHING oni OF it D.
Biz. estimates that ms attendance cost him
from, $50 OO0 80 $4,000. He had a practice
at the time which was second to none in
Washington and income must have been
twice that Of n supreme Judge Garfield g
illness tool, the whole Of his Time, and al IFS
close he was 50 worn down That he looked
like Qnos; and he mad % take q vacation TO-
recover his health He estimated ms ser-
vices 10 Garfield very low when he put them
nj sl5 900. hut The auditing board cut him
down 20 81 ono, and he came back 20 md
that his patients we're pretty well scattered
among the other doctors He has not been
,n good health since Garfield, illness and his
condition Wa so bad Lac, year that hls life
was almost n danger Inis year he IS better
and his eyes are bright, though his hair Is
gray
Idropped INTO the treasury yesterday and
looked az the workmen who are engaged ID
constructing the new vault The treasury
itself look. ike a tomb To has great sombe.
column, down each side Of IL, and the door
of if- basement are so cut that they look as
thou.h they were dug out %. a solid rock.
Eyervihma about IL is massive. and 10 makes
me tlini. more Of tue Bank Of Eng and than
env other building I have seen. IL is made
i'm the shape of hollow square with wide
tiers Of granite walls running around court
in the center IL is in this court That the new
vault y beirg built Thick walls Of brick
and cement rise within, aud the vault viii be
above and NOT below ground. It's interior
will he cut up into cells walled with IRON lat
flee work. and the BOrkmen are now rivetine
the mon bars composing % together. Ihes'
bars must be very strong a, tine weight Of
the silver which j. 10 be pat ~ tine vault VII
be- immense. There was o portable furnace
blazing away within the vault today, aud toui
men we're carrying red hoi rvets aud stick
inc them through the holes which had beer
drilled i'm these iron bars They were thei
riveted with the pounding OF heavy ham
mer while a man held an iron mallet agains
them al the back Each OF these latticewori
walls reauires $500 rivets. and II Will taxi
more than 100000 Of these rivet, TO faster
the iron work Of the vault together The
vault Is 30 contain SlOOO0O,00, which Is sucl
AN immense sum that few people can com
prehend IT, IL will give some idea OF 81 Il
know that IFS weight will be $3.50 tons, OF
the weight OF 80, 500 men Of 20 pounds each
Think OF the heaviest man you know, and .
would take g. OON such men TO weigh as mucl
as does thi, silver Ii would take l,9 freigh
cars 10 carry IT, and 1t would take tram
mile and a quarter long to transport IT, II
weight would be so much that SIX locomotive
could hardly haul IT, and II these dollars wer
laid out so that one just touched the othe
they would make IA line 2 }05 miles long ]
they we're put into q floor, edge 10 edge
they would carpet ten times the area o
the Capitol or more than thirty acres, and l
they were piled one upon another they woui'
reach much more than 1900 times as hig
as the Washington monument, making
solid column OF silver more than Ia mile
high. 4 million dollars IN silver Is no SINAI
quantity, and when you pack Sln'O0OVO
into vault il has TO be as strong as sion
and iron can make IL To rob this vault Wi
he physical impossibility. To tunnel int
il one would have TO 70 under th
whole treasury building and he woul
have t. drill through floor Of cement am
chilled steel before he got 70 the coin III
slightest noise would be sure 20 be heard an
the movement OF a single bag with the in
meuse weight above 1t would cause such
racket o, to bring the guards down upon hir
in,tanter No attempt has, | think. eve
been made 10 ron the United States treasury
am tue safeguards about II are 80 stroli
thai none bur the craziest Of men woul
think OF trying II THOMAS j. Todd